A one-shot!
I might develop this story into a multichapter.
Don't you think KNS is missing some shameless smut too?
Tell me what you think in a review!
This style of writing is a bit out of my league but I think I managed okay here.
This story is DISCLAIMED! I'm not getting money for this, and I don't own Kaze No Stigma.
It is summer again, my favorite season!
I'm not usually a happy-go-lucky girl, but there's just something about that sweetness in the air, that warm breeze of summer that makes me happy no matter what.
I skip down the road happily, arms outstretched. "I love summer!"
Nanase and Yukari hurry after me, and I can hear their sandals slapping against the pavement.
"Wait up! Ayano~!" Yukari calls after me. I slow down, and they catch up with me.
"What's up Yuks?" I ask. She had that look on her face that I knew meant she had a burning question.
"Wanna go to beach with me and some other people tomorrow? It'll be fun~!"
Turning to Nanase, she adds, "You should come too Nanase!"
I narrow my eyes slightly. "Who's other people?"
"Oh you know. Our usual friends. Mina, Sakura, Tomoyo, and whoever they decide to bring along."
Hmm. That didn't sound too bad.
"Of course I'm bringing my Len-kun too~!"
"Wait so I can bring Ryuu-kun too?" Nanase asks.
Oh great. I was going to go to the whole summer meet up thing too. If both of their boyfriends go with them, I'll be alone again! Len and Ryuu aren't bad people, but I hate to be the third wheel, or rather the eleventh wheel. If Nanase and Yukari bring their boyfriends, Mina, Sakura, and Tomoyo will probably bring theirs as well.
"Ayano-chi~ Bring Kazuma~!" Yukari suddenly says, eyes sparkling with a new plot. I swear that girl has too many ideas. Especially ones involving me and Kazuma.
"What do you mean, bring him? I can't just drag him along... He's an adult you know." I reply, rolling my eyes.
To be honest, I have no idea where my relationship with Kazuma stands after the whole thing with Tsui-Ling. I know I love him, and he's my friend, at least, but I don't want to push him into something more.
Wait.
Who am I kidding. I so do want to push him into something more. But I know he is devastated by his loss of Tsui-Ling, and I don't feel like risking our friendship for something more. He asked me to wait for him, and I will. I can wait for him to be ready.
"It actually isn't a bad idea," Nanase remarks suddenly, "It's a casual outing, so you can ask him to go as a friend. No biggie."
What the actual hell. Casual my ass.
"How is it a casual outing if everyone's coupled up?" I retort.
"He doesn't need to know that~!" Yukari points out, winking at me and putting a finger to her lips as if telling me to be quiet.
"Ughhhhhhhh. I don't wan to ask him!" I groan.
It's always me making the first move. Can't they see that he's not interested? I know I should get his attention sometimes, but haven't I done that enough? Do I really need to put my heart at risk again?
"We'll ask him for you then!" Nanase said, whipping out her rhinestone encrusted phone.
"Yeah!" Yukari chimes in, pushing her head close to Nanase's so that she could read what Nanase was typing.
Oh no. This was not going to end well. If they invited Kazuma, they would probably mention that I don't want him to go. Kazuma would probably go then, just to piss me off. Ugh, why do I have to have such nosy friends who know too much about me?!
Yukari's cell phone beeped, and they scanned over the new message quickly. Immediately after that, they exchanged glances and mischievous smiles. Then they looked at me.
Oh no...
"He's going!" They announced in unison.
Great.
"Wait. Uh, guys? I don't even have a bathing suit. How do you expect me to go to the beach?" I ask, suddenly remembering my water-phobia.
Yeah, I'm scared of water. It's a side effect of being a fire user. I can drink it and touch it, but the thought of swimming makes me break out into cold sweats. That's why I never bothered to buy a bathing suit; I just assumed I would never go anywhere near a pool or a beach. It is perfectly logical, and saves money.
Well... Yukari and Nanase don't think so. They stop in their tracks and look at me with wide eyes like I'm a maniac.
I swear I hear crickets.
"What?! You've never been to the beach? or bought a bathing suit?" Nanase exclaims at last. I nod.
"Aya-chan. You're totally missing out on like a significant part of being a girl!" Yukari yells at me, shaking her head.
"C'mon. It isn't that important. Who needs a bathing suit anyways?"
"Uhm. You do?" Nanase deadpanns me. "You kinda can't wear clothes in the water. Ana being naked isn't an option either is it."
"That's it. E-MHER-GAN-CY! We need to go bikini shopping~" Yukari announces, as if the decision is final.
Ugh, just hearing the b-word makes me cringe. I've seen wayyyy too many girls in magazines and on TV wearing those pathetic excuses of clothes. No way am I wearing one of those. If I am going to get a bathing suit, I am going with a one-piece. Or a wetsuit. I am not putting myself out there in skimpy triangles.
"We are not going."
My friends spin to face me again, and this time they have a smug look on their faces.
"Well I suppose you can just go naked and let Kazuma have the time of his life looking tomorrow then!" Nanase says sadistically.
"Why can't I wear a one-suit?" I ask innocently. There is no reason why I have to conform to society's standards!
"Because Kazuma's going to be staring at everyone else then, no duhhh~ He kinda is a guy!" Yukari juts in.
"I've noticed" I say dryly.
"Let's just go!" Nanase declared, pushing me along. As she pushed, Yukari pulled. Soon, they were dragging me into a shop called "Sweet Treats."
The decor was sickly sweet, and the air smelled like the sweet, sappy perfume that the girl next to me in English class always wore. The worst part of it all was the amount of barely-there bikinis displayed in every square inch of the place. Big posters of cute models with perfect hair and barbie-doll bodies were hung onto the baby pink wall, showcasing the "hot" new designs.
"Yayyy~! There's a sale today! Ooohhh~ There's also a game where you can scratch off to win prizes here!"
Yukari oohs and ahhs over every single little thing, so I didn't pay much attention.
"Ayano!" Yukari shoved a pink slip into my hand. "It's the scratch off! You might even win a free bikini! Wouldn't that be great?"
Yukari can be so naive sometimes. What is the chance of winning the grand prize to something like this the first time I go to one store of a chain of stores? It has to be like on in a million or something. Whatever.
I carelessly scratched off the silver parts, and suddenly, I see a star. A star means prizes. I looked closer.
"OMG! You WON!" Yukari screams into my ear.
"OKAY!" I scream into hers. "YOU DON'T HAVE TO MAKE ME DEAF!"
A blonde saleslady with really bad root growths floated over to where we stood.
She takes a look at my ticket, the winning one, and plasters a fake smile onto her face. "Congrats! You won! You can use your ticket as a coupon for one free bikini, as advertised! Have a nice day miss!" With that, she strolls away.
"This is great!" Nanase says, smiling at me, "Now you won't even have to pay!"
"This is not great! Is says here that it's eligible for one free bikini. I don't want a bikini! I want a one-piece!" I complain, pointing to the pink slip.
"Oh well, would you rather pay 5,000 yen for a one piece then?" Yukari beams. "I'd be happy to use that coupon for you~!"
I sigh. It's not like I have any money with me anyways. I guess I'll have to buy a bikini then. Curse father for giving me allowance on Fridays instead of Thursdays!
"Nah, I'll use it." I give in. Nanase and Yukari exchanged gleeful smiles, as if they had just accomplished a great feat.
Yukari takes a ruffled baby pink bikini off of the rack next to her, and bring it up for me to look at. "Isn't this is like perfection~? You should get it!"
I frown. "No Yuks. I am not wearing anything pastel, or any shade of pink."
"Oh right. I forgot. Red is so your color." Nanase suddenly murmurs, heading to the red section of the store.
Well I am a fire user. Me and Yukari follow Nanase to the back of the store. I take a look at the racks, and I am relieved. They seem less girly than the pink section.
Nanase and Yukari literally takes half of the freaking section and dumps it into a pink shopping cart. Then they push me into a changing room with one of the red bikinis and I am left inside the pink stall alone, staring at that little piece of red fabric.
I take a deep breath and steel myself to put on the thing. When I am done, it actually doesn't look so bad on. Wait. Actually, it pushes me up a bit too much.
Whatever. I step outside, and my friends' eyes light up.
"Woah! You have a hot body~!" Yukari exclaims, clapping her hands together.
I blushed and crossed my arms over my chest. I don't like so much attention on the way I look.
"What are you doing? Go try on some more!" Nanase urges me, handing me another red bikini. I shoot daggers at the two of them and go back into the pink changing room. I swear. They are going to be the end of me.
For the next two hours, all I did was try on bikinis, one after the other. Finally, we were left with two options. I really like one of them, since it was more of a tankini, and didn't show too much. It was more my style.
But Nanase and Yukari were adamant about me buying the other one, which they said made me look "smokin'."
I never wanted to be burned Yakisoba anyways.
"Oh c'mon! Don't you want Kazuma to drool over you?" Nanase asks, still trying to persuade me.
"Har de har har. What makes you think he hasn't seen stuff like this before? He's probably conditioned to it already. why can't I try the being unique approach?" I suggest, smiling hopefully.
Nanase narrowed her eyes.
"Wait, can I see your ticket for a sec? I just want to read the stuff on the back." Yukari suddenly says.
I hand it over to her; I know she is always one to read everything on a coupon, even the random tiny numbers. What I didn't expect was for her to run away, towards the cash register with my coupon!
I sprint after her.
"Oh no you don't!"
But it was too late. By the time I reach the cash registers, she had a pastel pink bag with polka dots in one hand, and in the other she had a receipt. She stuck her tongue out and tore up the receipt, sticking the fragments into her bag. She then gave the pink bag to me, with a gleeful smile across her face.
"YUKARI!" I yell. But it was no use. After all, she had torn up the receipt anyways.
I would have to wear the skimpy bikini tomorrow. I am mortified just thinking about Kazuma seeing me in that... thing!
I just have the best life ever.
As soon as I get home, I make a beeline for my room, I just have to hide that pink bag somewhere! If father or Ren sees what's inside, it could get awkward.
However, Kazuma, who always has the best timing, was somehow watching TV in the living room. He never watches TV! What the hell is he doing in my house when he had a perfectly good apartment to watch TV in anyways?!
He walks up to me, and of course he has on an annoying smirk.
"So... Going anywhere special tomorrow princess?" he asks, twirling a strand of my hair around his fingers.
"I'm going to the beach with my friends. And you're not coming. Got it?"
"But you friends invited me! It would be rude not to go after I said I would go!" He replied innocently. Ugh.
"DO WHATEVER YOU WANT! I'm going to my room!" I yell at him, running upstairs.
Once I am in my room and I set my little pink bag down, I collapse onto my bed.
Why the hell did I yell at Kazuma again?! My anger always gets the best of me. I was trying to be more lady-like and mild-mannered too! Oh well. Kazuma's just too irritating. He knows how to get on my bad side too much!
I look down at the pink bag again, and I suddenly feel nervous. I gulp, and try not to think about tomorrow. I try to divert my attention to other things.
But that plan failed, since my phone suddenly started ringing.
"Hullo?" I say.
"AYAAAAA-CHAN~! Remember, we're going to the beach at 11 tomorrow okay? Let's meet at the entrance!" Yukari's cheery voice chirped.
"Okay, okayyyyy"
"Remember to wear that red bikini we got today! Ohhohohoho I can't wait to see the look on Kazuma's face!"
"Yes ma'am" I reply.
"Len! Stop kissing my neck for a sec! I have to talk to Aya! Anyways Ayano, see you tommowwww~ Mwah!"
I sigh. At times like this, I feel pretty lonely.
I want someone to hold me close, someone to wipe away my tear, and to kiss me when I'm down too...
Cliffhanger.
The next chapter will be better (more smutty?)...
That is... If I write one!
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Finished. 3:14AM 3/17/13 (Happy St. Patrick's Day!)